🌸SSL Opportunity! Join us for the Mayor's Annual Spring Cleanup Day! AALEAD youth will receive FIVE (5) SSL hours for volunteering AND a special sweet treat after!🌸
Please sign up using the link in bio and email [email protected] if you have questions
🥇Help AALEAD sponsor youth runners at Georgetown HOYA Clinic's Annual IronMed 5K fundraiser! AALEAD Youth Council Fellows have been hard at work this year researching health inequities in Washington, D.C. Fellows have been meeting with policy experts from Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, learning how to speak with local lawmakers via DC Action, and are presenting their findings to fellow AALEADers and community partners.🥇
👏Supporting this race is one way we can turn our research into action and help expand healthcare for the communities that need it the most! We are hoping to sponsor 10 youth runners.👏
Please donate through the GiveButter link in our bio, just $18 can fund HALF a youth runner.
Thank you ALL for continually supporting AALEAD youth and uplifting the DC Community!
*Youth who are interested in being sponsored by AALEAD and running, please complete the interest form in our bio.
*Community members who want to RUN this event should register on their own (link on our fundraiser page).
🎉Happy New Year and Welcome Back to AALEAD Programs! We are excited to kick off the new semester with you all with our annual FREE ice skating field trip. Please RSVP using the QR code OR link in bio. ⛸️
This event is capped at 60 youth, sign ups are first come first serve and will close on Sunday, February 1st 11:59 PM ET.
For any questions, please reach out to the Maryland Programs Manager Sarah Jung ([email protected])
While in the DC area we had the pleasure of screening Making Waves for @aastumd and @aaleaddc and @gwapalsa . Great conversations with the students and enjoyed catching up with Making Waves interviews Phil Tajitsu Nash and Sandy Dang.
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#AsianAmericanVoices
#StorytellingMatters
#CommunityThroughFilm
#AAPIRepresentation
#MediaForChange
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AALEAD CAREER EXPLORATION DAY IS BACK!
Join us on Sunday, November 9, 2025 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM. This free event presents an incredible opportunity to explore different fields of interest from a panel of professionals, and a chance to network & connect.
Don't miss out on this fantastic chance to kick-start your professional journey!
Why attend?
- Connect with professionals
- Attend a career panel
- Explore diverse careers in breakout rooms
- Get your professional headshots
- Earn SSL hours
- Free lunch
- Play games and win raffle prizes!
Scan the QR code or link in bio to register!
This event is capped at 50 youth, sign ups are first come first serve and will close on Friday, November 7, 11:59 PM ET (or whichever happens first)
❗Join AALEAD and GWU Law School for an EXCLUSIVE screening of Making Waves.
You'll learn about the vital role that ethnic studies have in shaping Asian American narratives, meet folks from all over the DMV, and EARN SSL Hours❗
BONUS: You may even see some familiar friendly faces in the documentary
Register using the QR Code or Link in Bio
✨Can you believe it's been almost 2 months since our last day of Summer Programs? We miss you all and hope to see you in AALEAD this year! We have After-School Programs, Mentoring Events, Field Trips, and many other fun events coming up!✨
🍁Fall Programs start THIS week!! You should have received an email from AALEAD with site information. Please DM us if you are not on our email list and want to be added!🍁
Better late than never! Meet Angel, our 2025 DC Summer Programs Intern.
She’s a familiar face to many of you by now, but swipe more to learn more about her!
We cannot thank Angel enough for her support, passion, and energy in Summer Programs!!
DC Youth Council 2024 - 2025! You may have seen them around, whether that's presenting their research in YELP programs, tabling in Fairfax VA or Dupont Circle, or sharing their findings with AALEAD's board! We are so proud of this past year's cohort and cannot wait to see what they do!
We also want to thank @soupydumplingfancycuppa for their generous boba donation and for continually supporting AALEAD DC Youth Council!
❗Applications for DC Youth Council (2025-2026) are OPEN!❗
The AALEAD DC High School Youth Council is a collective of 15 youth members, including Youth Council Ambassadors, who organize together to address the needs and wants of the AALEAD Middle and High School Community, as well as the broader Washington DC area. Through Youth Council, youth take on leadership roles and gain skills in event planning, public speaking, group facilitation and processing, collaborative work, and community outreach. Youth Council members shape programming through generating ideas and bringing the needs of their peers and their community to the planning process. Youth Council is an invaluable opportunity to grow as a leader and advocate, both in programs and the larger community.
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The application link is in our bio, please apply by June 7, 2025 for the 2025 - 2026 Cohort
For May, we are celebration Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) with a culture night!
Free food, performances, activities, tabling, etc! Hosted by Asian American Lead, Asian Student Union, and the APA community here at Jackson Reed. Bring your friends and family, and register at the link in bio!! #apahm #jacksonreedhs #jacksonreed
